Man I missed the beginning of this hearing, but Wilbur Ross is a good person to have on our side!! Very logical and to the point. It was almost like he wasn’t a politician, that he might have been some personally successful private sector guy? Strange i thought only sniveling little weasels worked in the government?

That’s been the most obvious outcome so far to me from these hearings-most of the Senators asking their questions really have no idea the complexities of these issues, the departments to which they hold oversight and have no clue to any of it.
In the private sector, these same clueless Senators would be paying huge amounts of fees to solicit the help of PETrump’s nominees.
Bar none.
Thank you PE Trump for putting your life on the line and all you hold dear to set arightthis magnificent country, still by George, the land of the free and home of the brave, one nation under GOD!

Watching Mr. Ross and hearing his responses I had a swell of pride in our country and our President Elect. Thank God we don’t have an academic running commerce. Ross seems like the men of my father’s generation: deliberate, brilliant, steady and modest, and very able in their work and observations. We are winning more every day!

Based on some of the faces on view here, I would say that approximately 2 lbs of Botox have been administered in that room alone over the past year! Amazing! And creepy. Wilbur Ross looks fine, though.

Regarding NOAA – I’m sure their scientists are just hunky-dory. However, a couple of decades ago, when I was covering the West Coast commercial fishing industry, fishermen were complaining about NOAA scientists not being able to find any fish, and using that failure to find fish to shrink the fishing season. Endangered fish stocks.
Fishermen begged, screamed, yelled and carried on at various hearings over a couple of years, asking for ability to be on board NOAA ships “looking for fish.” Fishermen were saying they just knew there were fish out there.
As soon as fishermen observers were allowed on those ships … SURPRISE!!! They found fish!
Take that as you will.

I listen to NOAA weather every morning which is why I know there is no such thing as climate change or warming. But what really kills me is that now, along with their forecast information, if it is cold they have to tell people to wear hats and gloves, and if it is a blizzard they have to tell people to not drive unless they have to…are people this stupid, that they don’t know how to dress in cold weather? This is what the elite think of us….we are utterly stupid children. The infantilization of the American people and NOAA weather radio.

No “public investment” in the commercial fishing industry! That’s what got the West Coast portion of the industry in trouble! Feds financed more fishing vessels, more coastal fishpacking operations and limitations on catches! Let’s be careful with this public-private cr###pola.
Same with tourism. Why should taxpayers support advertising for a special industry?
See? Secy of Commerce is far more political agency than some would like to think.

I think I posted similar either here at CTH, or at another site, but my family was directly affected by Wilbur Ross. When he bought the bankrupt LTV Steel, within a month of starting the company we were rolling steel again. He doesn’t fool around.